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Events in June 2024

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June 1, 2024
June 2, 2024(1 event)

1:30 pm: How to do Justice to Diversity in Fiction — Journey to Merveilleux City


June 2, 2024

Sunday, June 2, 2024

Conversations at the Culver with Stephanie Barbé Hammer and Romaine Washington

How to do Justice to Diversity in Fiction — Journey to Merveilleux City

1:30-3:00 PM; doors open at 1:00 PM

UCR ARTS

Barbara and Art Culver Center of the Arts

3824 Main Street, Riverside, CA 92501

Free and open to the public.

How do we, as writers, tell the stories of characters whose lived experience is different from our own? How do we create a world in our work that’s true to the multicultural spaces we inhabit – without risking the misappropriation of those cultures?

Please join Romaine Washington and Stephanie Barbé Hammer in conversation about Stephanie’s new novella, Journey to Merveilleux City, finalist for the Foreword Indie book award, Mystery category.

June 3, 2024
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June 6, 2024(1 event)

7:00 pm: Loud and Clear -- The Voices of Gay and Trans Literature


June 6, 2024

Thursday, June 6, 2024

First Thursdays Arts Walk – Loud and Clear: The Voices of Gay and Trans Literature

Riverside Main Library Community Room

3900 Mission Inn Avenue

Riverside, CA 92501

7:00-8:00 PM; doors open at 6:30 PM

Free and open to the public.

Join Inlandia for a celebration of Pride Month as LGBTQIA+ community members share literary passages by LGBTQIA+ authors that have influenced, encouraged, shaped, and inspired them.

June 7, 2024
June 8, 2024(1 event)

1:00 pm: 4-Week Manga Workshop with Sebraé Harris


June 8, 2024

Saturdays, June 8, 15, 22, and 29, 2024

4-Week Manga Workshop with Sebraé Harris

FREE and open to all ages, but registration is required: https://tinyurl.com/MangaRPL

1:00-3:00 PM

Riverside Main Library Carnegie Room

3900 Mission Inn Avenue

Riverside, CA 92501

Join Inlandia at Riverside Main Library for a creative workshop introduction to the inner workings of the Japanese comic medium, Manga, which will explore terminology, story, character design, and paneling to create your own one shot or series! Presented by animator and mangaka, Sebraé Harris.

Sebraé Harris – AKA “StarLite Crystal” – is an African American artist, entrepreneur, and professional mangaka. He started drawing at the age of four and began taking art seriously when he was eight. Sebraé is a graduate of Riverside City College with degrees in Fine & Applied Arts, Animation, and Business & Entrepreneurship. The Vermillion Speedateer is his first manga/comic series.

June 9, 2024
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June 15, 2024(1 event)

1:00 pm: 4-Week Manga Workshop with Sebraé Harris


June 15, 2024

Saturdays, June 8, 15, 22, and 29, 2024

4-Week Manga Workshop with Sebraé Harris

FREE and open to all ages, but registration is required: https://tinyurl.com/MangaRPL

1:00-3:00 PM

Riverside Main Library Carnegie Room

3900 Mission Inn Avenue

Riverside, CA 92501

Join Inlandia at Riverside Main Library for a creative workshop introduction to the inner workings of the Japanese comic medium, Manga, which will explore terminology, story, character design, and paneling to create your own one shot or series! Presented by animator and mangaka, Sebraé Harris.

Sebraé Harris – AKA “StarLite Crystal” – is an African American artist, entrepreneur, and professional mangaka. He started drawing at the age of four and began taking art seriously when he was eight. Sebraé is a graduate of Riverside City College with degrees in Fine & Applied Arts, Animation, and Business & Entrepreneurship. The Vermillion Speedateer is his first manga/comic series.

June 16, 2024
June 17, 2024
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June 19, 2024
June 20, 2024
June 21, 2024
June 22, 2024(1 event)

1:00 pm: 4-Week Manga Workshop with Sebraé Harris


June 22, 2024

Saturdays, June 8, 15, 22, and 29, 2024

4-Week Manga Workshop with Sebraé Harris

FREE and open to all ages, but registration is required: https://tinyurl.com/MangaRPL

1:00-3:00 PM

Riverside Main Library Carnegie Room

3900 Mission Inn Avenue

Riverside, CA 92501

Join Inlandia at Riverside Main Library for a creative workshop introduction to the inner workings of the Japanese comic medium, Manga, which will explore terminology, story, character design, and paneling to create your own one shot or series! Presented by animator and mangaka, Sebraé Harris.

Sebraé Harris – AKA “StarLite Crystal” – is an African American artist, entrepreneur, and professional mangaka. He started drawing at the age of four and began taking art seriously when he was eight. Sebraé is a graduate of Riverside City College with degrees in Fine & Applied Arts, Animation, and Business & Entrepreneurship. The Vermillion Speedateer is his first manga/comic series.

June 23, 2024
June 24, 2024
June 25, 2024
June 26, 2024
June 27, 2024
June 28, 2024
June 29, 2024(1 event)

1:00 pm: 4-Week Manga Workshop with Sebraé Harris


June 29, 2024

Saturdays, June 8, 15, 22, and 29, 2024

4-Week Manga Workshop with Sebraé Harris

FREE and open to all ages, but registration is required: https://tinyurl.com/MangaRPL

1:00-3:00 PM

Riverside Main Library Carnegie Room

3900 Mission Inn Avenue

Riverside, CA 92501

Join Inlandia at Riverside Main Library for a creative workshop introduction to the inner workings of the Japanese comic medium, Manga, which will explore terminology, story, character design, and paneling to create your own one shot or series! Presented by animator and mangaka, Sebraé Harris.

Sebraé Harris – AKA “StarLite Crystal” – is an African American artist, entrepreneur, and professional mangaka. He started drawing at the age of four and began taking art seriously when he was eight. Sebraé is a graduate of Riverside City College with degrees in Fine & Applied Arts, Animation, and Business & Entrepreneurship. The Vermillion Speedateer is his first manga/comic series.

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